Policy Associate/Senior Policy Associate I, Energy Markets

Job
overview and requirements

Are you the type of person who can complete rigorous analysis on
complex topics, develop strategy, communicate effectively, and advocate to get
results? Do you enjoy engaging, influencing, and working collaboratively with
high-level professional stakeholders? Do you want to be challenged at work,
have a lot of fun, be inspired frequently, and make a significant impact at an
innovative nonprofit working to speed the transition to clean energy?

Fresh Energy is hiring for a full-time policy associate, at either
a junior or senior level, to advance our Beneficial Electrification program,
with a focus on leading work on electric transportation with some overlap on
decarbonization strategies in the building sector. We’re looking for someone
who is:

Entrepreneurial, with the ability to work well in both technical
and political settings, and

Results-oriented, in both a team and individual setting.

We enthusiastically welcome all candidates to apply. Fresh Energy
is committed to fostering diversity in all its forms, including but not limited
to race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age and life experience,
creed, religion, class, nationality, language, and physical and mental
capability.

If this sounds like you, read on!

Our
story

For more than 27 years, Fresh Energy has been speeding Minnesota’s
transition to a clean energy economy to ensure that our region enjoys good
health, a vibrant economy, and thriving communities today and for generations
to come. Our mission is to shape and drive realistic, visionary energy policies
that benefit all. Together we are working toward a vision for an economy we
thrive in and energy that ensures our well-being.

From the United Nations report on global
warming to increased severe weather and wildfires, the message is clear: we
need to do more and we need to do it now. Minnesota is on
its way to moving the needle on carbon reduction, with clean, affordable wind
and solar gaining ground and improving the health and well-being of our
communities. But there is much work to be done.

Fresh Energy has been an early proponent of beneficial
electrification, recognizing that to achieve the level of carbon reduction we
need now, we must combine deep decarbonization of electricity generation with
thoughtful electrification of transportation, buildings, and other sectors of
the economy—while continuing to promote energy efficiency and ensure all
solutions are equitable.

Fresh Energy’s focus on policy is particularly crucial at this
time, and our experts are paving the way for Minnesota to harness the power of
the marketplace to expand the adoption of renewable energy and accelerate our
leadership in the clean energy economy.

As the needs and opportunities grow to move quickly on the
transition to clean energy, Fresh Energy is expanding its staff, creating a
great opportunity to join our team.

A.Policy and Programs: support Fresh Energy’s strategic imperative to electrify fossil fuel-dependent sectors of the economy, with a focus on the transportation sector, coordinating with other staff to track innovations in electrification technology and advance policies to promote strategic electrification in Minnesota, in consultation with and with guidance from relevant program leads.

Actively participate, and potentially lead, in the planning, execution, and reporting on program work.

Work with Energy Markets team to develop Public Utility Commission strategy, based on your analysis, and execute on that strategy through written and oral advocacy.

Make written and oral presentations to collaborators, community groups, policy makers, and other stakeholders as part of the program’s outreach and advocacy functions. When appropriate, work to optimize media coverage of program goals, activities, and successes; this may include media interviews as well as writing op-ed pieces, and also includes the recruitment and training of effective messengers.

In collaboration with the communications department, create and publish reports, white papers, web content, e-newsletters, and other program information.

When appropriate, support the creation and management of the annual budget for the program.

B.Participate in culture of collaboration and model our core values.

In collaboration with the development staff, participate in fund development and relationship building efforts.

Work effectively in the context of your immediate team, the broader Fresh Energy team, and with external partners; enhance collaboration by maintaining good communication, seeking and respecting diverse viewpoints, engendering trust, fulfilling responsibilities, and ensuring that all team members and their contributions are valued.

Model behavior and contribute to a culture that is consistent with Fresh Energy’s core values. A critical part of achieving our mission is by living the values we endorse.

Starting salary range for Policy Associate is $40,000-50,000, based on experience.

Starting salary range for Senior Policy Associate I is $50,000-60,000, based on experience.

Full-time, exempt position, working 40 hours per week. We believe in work-life balance and are committed to keeping the workload in alignment with the true hours worked.

Staff accrue 24 days of PTO throughout their first year of work (increases each year of employment), 14 paid holidays, and a flexible, family-friendly schedule; plus summer Fridays, the office closes at noon (Memorial Day – Labor Day).

We provide medical and dental plans, additional voluntary vision, short- and long-term disability, life, AD&D insurance, and 5 percent of annual salary contribution to 403(b) retirement plan after one year. In addition, we incentivize transit, biking, and walking, offering a dollar for dollar Metro Transit pass match, $1 for each trip to and from work by bike or walk, and an indoor bike storage area.

We foster a respectful, inclusive, collaborative, and fun work environment.

Our hiring process and timeline

Position will remain open until filled with priority given to applications received on or before September 8.

Our hiring team will select finalists to interview in-person.

Finalists will be invited to a second-round interview; at that time, we will ask for three references and two work samples relevant to this position, e.g. a technical paper, a professional writing sample, or other relevant materials.

Ideally the selected candidate would begin work in late September 2019.

E-mail cover letter and resume to Marta Cardoza at cardoza@fresh-energy.org
with the subject line “Policy Associate,
Beneficial Electrification program” OR “Senior Policy Associate I, Beneficial
Electrification program”. Please include
cover letter and resume in one PDF
document with your name as the title. No phone calls, please.

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About Fresh Energy

Fresh Energy is an independent nonprofit organization working to speed the transition to a clean energy economy. Our team of attorneys, analysts, economists, and educators advances forward-looking policies that benefit our communities and our future. Using data, science, and market-based solutions Fresh Energy helps Minnesota make progress toward a vision we can all share: an economy we thrive in and energy that ensures our well-being.